Bad Applez, Inc. has released a clay sketch by NEMO in their shop here. This is a sick one-off piece, handcrafted by Mike "NEMO" Mendez. You can find Mike and Rob, founders of Bad Applez, at our NYCC booth for a signing on Saturday, October 15th at 3PM. Booth 876!
Sep 11, 2011
by tenacious toys
2:58 PM
JCRivera will be showing up at our NYCC booth (#876) with a gang of customs. Here are a few sneak peeks: above is his Evil Ape custom, with bulldog accessory made from a Kidrobot Labbit figure! Suitably swagged out for his trip to NYC!
Above is Ricky the Passive-Aggressive Bunee, a two-for-one custom Qee which can be displayed either way depending on how your mood is swinging...
And finally, JCRivera will be bringing in some of his own hand-cast resin figures to give out to those of you who make it to his signing at noon on Saturday October 15th. See you there!
If you want to see more art by JCRivera, check the following links:
by tenacious toys
1:11 PM
Matt Anderson has completed the first of his Mecha Hello Kitty custom series. He is now accepting preorders for anyone interested in other colorways, which he will be producing shortly. You can add him and message him on Twitter (@MattAcustoms), or find him on Facebook.
by tenacious toys
12:54 PM
This year, since we are teaming up with Toy2R on a NYCC booth (#876), we wanted to go heavy on the presentation of the Toy2R product line. We therefore decided to stick a Qee on our NYCC marketing materials. We chose the 5" Mini Qee Toyer as our featured product, a sweet $15 DIY platform toy offered by Toy2R. Our side of the postcard shows a Mini Qee Toyer customized by local hero/artist Mike Mendez, aka NEMO. The reverse side, the Toy2R side, shows the Mini Qee platfrom in all its beautiful, clean, white glory, ready to be customized.
You can meet NEMO, along with Rob Ingellis and Bob Conge, at a group signing at 3PM on Saturday October 15th. These 3 artists are actively collaborating on a number of projects, so this is your chance to meet all three at once! Booth 876. Be there.
by tenacious toys
12:30 PM
Check out what happens when we send some art cards to the UK to be reviewed by Dan Byrne, without giving him ANY background whatsoever about the Sidekick Lab product line! He's a little confused by some of the more esoteric cards, but that's to be expected. Great video. Much respect to DesignerToysUK. Check out their new Facebook page too!
Sep 9, 2011
foox, jason freeny, jcrivera, jon paul kaiser, matt anderson, nycc, nycc2011, osirisorion, rsin, toy2r
by tenacious toys
10:20 AM
This year we are privileged to host the following artists in signings at Booth #876:
Friday, October 14th:
• 1PM: Rsin & Matt Anderson• 3PM: Mr. Munk
• 4PM: Nasty Neil & David Foox
Saturday, October 15th:
• 11AM: JCRivera
• Noon: Jon-Paul Kaiser
• 2PM: Jason Freeny
• 3PM: OsirisOrion, Mike "NEMO" Mendez & Plaseebo's Bob Conge
In addition to customs and production toys from the above artists, we will be showcasing (and selling) pieces by the following artists (I'm talking custom vinyl, production vinyl, resin and plush too!):
• Kris Dulfer of Kid Ink Industries
• Ian Ziobrowski
• Zam
• Dust
• Jon Malmstedt of Rampage Toys
• AW177 (Allen Wen)
• Nerviswr3k
• Matt Walker of Monster Kolor
Sep 8, 2011
by tenacious toys
7:28 PM
NEMO's first Steel Warrior custom |
NEMO's at it again, raiding the Queens 99-cent stores for platforms for his customs. NEMO is the brain behind the Rollie Show, our very first custom show which used 99-cent Avon-brand roll-on deodorant bottles as a platform for the customs. NEMO's a big fan of spending as little as possible on the platform, and using your own creativity to turn a cheap piece of plastic into something beautiful.
The 99-cent platform NEMO found, called "Steel Warrior" |
Not long ago, NEMO stumbled upon a treasure trove of these 5-inch Iron Man bootleg figures called "Steel Warriors". They were priced at 99 cents each, so he bought a case of them. For his first custom on this illicit platform, NEMO chose the Tenacious Toys team colors- white and medium blue- and painted up a weathered, armored, bootleg custom just for us!
NEMO says he was surprised at the quality of the toy- it's articulated, the helmet flips up and the armor plates are removable! Not a bad find for 99 cents! We will be the exclusive retailer of NEMO's Steel Warrior bootleg customs. More to come, stay tuned!
For now, you can buy this awesome custom in our shop here for just $45!
We haven't had a NEMO piece priced that low in years.
If you'd like to meet NEMO and get his autograph, or have him doodle on your toy or in your book, you can meet him at his signing at our NY Comic Con booth!
Booth 876, 3PM, Saturday October 15th.
NEMO will be signing alongside OsirisOrion and Bob Conge of Plaseebo.
Sep 6, 2011
by tenacious toys
8:30 AM
Argonaut Resins has released the first images of painted Pharaoh Hounds: Pearl White and Black Onyx colorways, with matching Tuttz cats. The Hounds are Argonaut's follow-up resin figure to the extremely popular Tuttz figures. Every single Tuttz release sold out immediately; I'd expect nothing less from these beautiful Hounds!
Each Pharaoh Hound resin figure is 8 inches tall and is handcrafted and hand painted locally in NJ by Eric Nocella Diaz of Argonaut Resins. Argonaut will be releasing more colorways during the run up to NYCC in mid-October. Eric also spoke of his plan to release a mini version of the Hound after NYCC, much like he did for the Tuttz cats.
For more info, visit the Argonaut blog: http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com/
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